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1426 ...there is all this clamor about to try the soldier who went on a killing spree in Afganistan quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury. Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible. So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately. But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience. Two and a half years later, they still haven't tried the murderous bastard....
1427 ...there is all this clamor to the soldier who went on a killing spree in Afganistan quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury. Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible. So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately. But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience. Two and a half years later, they still haven't tried the murderous bastard....
1428 in the episode of Tom and Jerry "The Vanishing Duck," the vanishing cream that the duck falls into literally makes you vanish?...
1429 looking for a closer parking spot and then going into the gym to run 5 miles....
1430 Phobophobia: This condition is described as a rare disorder and refers to the fear of having a phobia...
1431 A man is walking by a loading dock when a sign catches his eye, "WARNING: Standing this close to the loading area could be dangerous, please use caution and be aware of your surr ...", before he can finish he is crushed by a large container that fell off the boat. Is the sign ironic?...
1432 blacks, asians, and latinos are discriminated against for having darker skin, when white people are constantly trying to achieve a perfect tan, therefore darkening their own skin color?...
1433 a very religious woman has a daughter who turns out to be homosexual?
1434 ...a speech therapist has a speech defect?
1435 The filmmaker behind "kony2012" was arrested for masturbaring and being under the influence in public."...
1436 Is it ironic that in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the story begins with two of the main characters and a mention of a door. At the end of the novel the two main characters that start this novel end it in a room that the door mentioned from the beginning leads to....
1437 Janet Street-Porter talks about how loud and ugly wind turbines are
1438 we are raffling off an Apple iTouch at our school's turn of the technology week!...
1439 a man turned 98, won the lottery and died the next day?
1440 i fall in love with a guy, but he doesn't return the feelings. Time later, another guy with the same name falls in love with me, and i don't return the feelings...
1441 There is a spray for a DRY erase board.
1442 Someone sits down where their sister was sitting, not knowing their sister was sitting in the same seat before....
1443 If a priest lies at church.
1444 while waiting for the downpipes to keep the water from under my house... the house is flooded by a river...
1445 the food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever, yet the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to please not feed the animals, because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves?...
1446 a member of an online forum wrote to another member that the latter should use the internet to find the answer they asked for in the forum?...
1447 After complaining about a neighbour leaving 20 notes on my door, today he left a note saying he will be leaving no more notes....
1448 Bill Gates wins the lottery?
1449 One of the top results of suggested careers (after taking a careers-quest quiz to see what would suit me) was 'Career consultant' when clearly, I took the test because I'm unsure of my future career path....
1450 Today women earn almost 60 percent of all bachelor's degrees and more than half of master's and Ph.D.'s. Many people believe that while this may be good for women as income earners, it bodes ill for their marital propects....